Beaufort vs Burton

A side-by-side comparison of Beaufort and Burton: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaufort and Burton are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beaufort has the higher population (13,660 vs 7,132 in Burton). Beaufort has the higher median household income ($59,454 vs $57,315 in Burton). Beaufort has the higher median home value ($310,400 vs $198,300 in Burton).

Population, income & housing

	Beaufort	Burton
Population	13,660	7,132
Median age	31.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,454	$57,315
Median home value	$310,400	$198,300
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,281
Housing units	6,539	2,956
Homeownership rate	58.7%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaufort	Burton
Population	13,404 → 13,660 (+1.9%)	9,097 → 7,132 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$54,873 → $59,454 (+8.3%)	$54,012 → $57,315 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $310,400 (+44.6%)	$131,200 → $198,300 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,061 (+12.9%)	$1,067 → $1,281 (+20.1%)

Beaufort

Population

13,40413,660

Median household income

$54,873$59,454

Median home value

$214,700$310,400

Median gross rent

$940$1,061

Burton

Population

9,0977,132

Median household income

$54,012$57,315

Median home value

$131,200$198,300

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaufort	Burton
Under 5	7.1%	9.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	14.5%	13.9%
25 to 34	22.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.7%
75 and over	5.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaufort	Burton
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	39.6%
Black or African American	27.5%	38.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaufort	Burton
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	26.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaufort	Burton
Drove alone	77.8%	86.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaufort	Burton
1-unit, detached	65.3%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	5.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Beaufort	Burton
Poverty rate	18.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1984	1988